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The Settlement of the Chesapeake

The Settlement of the Chesapeake. The London Company, 1606. Get rich quick!. Jamestown Settlement, 1609. Chesapeake Bay. Geographic/environmental problems??. Jamestown Fort & Settlement (Computer Generated). Jamestown Housing. Jamestown Settlement. Jamestown Chapel, 1611.

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The Settlement of the Chesapeake

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  1. The Settlement of the Chesapeake

  2. TheLondonCompany,1606 Get rich quick!

  3. Jamestown Settlement, 1609

  4. Chesapeake Bay Geographic/environmental problems??

  5. Jamestown Fort & Settlement(Computer Generated)

  6. Jamestown Housing

  7. Jamestown Settlement

  8. Jamestown Chapel, 1611

  9. Captain John Smith:The Right Man for the Job?? There was no talk…but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold…

  10. English Migration: 1610-1660

  11. Jamestown Colonization Pattern:1620-1660

  12. River Settlement Pattern • Large plantations [>100 acres]. • Widely spread apart [>5 miles]. Social/EconomicPROBLEMS???

  13. Why Was There Such High Mortality? • POPULATION: • 1607: 104 colonists • By spring, 1608: 38 survived • 1609: 300 more immigrants • By spring, 1610: 60 survived • 1610 – 1624: 10,000 immigrants • 1624 population: 1,200 • Adult life expectancy: 40 years • Death of children before age 5: 80%

  14. Widowarchy High mortality among husbands and fathers left many women in the Chesapeake colonies with unusual autonomy and wealth!

  15. John Rolfe What finally made the colony prosperous??

  16. Tobacco Plant Virginia’s gold and silver. -- John Rolfe, 1612

  17. Early Colonial Tobacco 1618 — Virginia produces 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 1622 — Despite losing nearly one-third of its colonists in an Indian attack, Virginia produces 60,000 pounds of tobacco. 1627 — Virginia produces 500,000 pounds of tobacco. 1629 — Virginia produces 1,500,000 pounds of tobacco.

  18. Tobacco Prices: 1618-1710

  19. Indentured Servitude HeadrightSystem

  20. Indentured Servitude • Headright System: • Each Virginian got 50 acres for each person whose passage they paid • Indenture Contract: • 5-7 years. • Promised “freedom dues” [land, $] • Forbidden to marry. • 1610-1614: only 1 in 10 outlived their indentured contracts!

  21. Chief Powhatan

  22. Pocahontas A 1616 engraving

  23. Powhatan Confederacy

  24. PowhatanIndian Village

  25. Indian Foods

  26. Powhatan Uprisingof 1622

  27. Why was 1619 a pivotal year for the Chesapeake settlement?

  28. VirginiaHouse of Burgesses

  29. 17c Populationin the Chesapeake

  30. Population of Chesapeake Colonies: 1610-1750

  31. Colonization of Maryland

  32. George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

  33. Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676 Nathaniel Bacon GovernorWilliam Berkeley

  34. Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676

  35. Governor Berkeley’s“Fault Line”

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